DIBELS® 8th Edition Benchmark Goals

Updated: July 2020

Kindergarten First grade Second grade Third grade

B M E B M E B M E B M E
Letter Naming Fluency (LNF)
25+ 37+ 42+ 42+ 57+ 59+
24 36 41 41 56 58
16 31 35 32 51 53
15 30 34 31 50 52
0 0 0 0 0 0
Phonemic Segmentation Fluency (PSF)
15+ 43+ 53+ 47+ 57+ 61+
14 42 52 46 56 60
5 29 44 31 43 45
4 28 43 30 42 44
1 23 37 19 34 37
0 22 36 18 33 36
0 0 0 0 0
Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) – Correct Letter Sounds (CLS)
20+ 36+ 49+ 47+ 78+ 87+ 86+ 103+ 117+ 121+ 138+ 141+
19 35 48 46 77 86 85 102 116 120 137 140
9 25 31 30 52 55 50 68 76 76 94 105
8 24 30 29 51 54 49 67 75 75 93 104
4 16 24 25 41 45 41 54 54 52 78 80
3 15 23 24 40 44 40 53 53 51 77 79
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) – Words Recoded Correctly (WRC)
-- 9+ 13+ 16+ 26+ 28+ 25+ 36+ 39+ 34+ 46+ 45+
8 12 15 25 27 24 35 38 33 45 44
1+
3 7 5 14 15 15 20 22 24 30 31
2 6 4 13 14 14 19 21 23 29 30
0
1 4 1 10 11 10 15 17 18 23 24
3 9 10 9 14 16 17 22 23
-- 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Word Reading Fluency (WRF)
-- 10+ 18+ 20+ 33+ 50+ 50+ 63+ 70+ 60+ 65+ 70+
9 17 19 32 49 49 62 69 59 64 69
1+
4 10 12 17 25 26 36 43 40 50 55
3 9 11 16 24 25 35 42 39 49 54
0
1 6 8 14 17 18 23 27 30 40 47
5 7 13 16 17 22 26 29 39 46
-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) – Words Correct
35+ 57+ 76+ 85+ 117+ 128+ 105+ 141+ 136+
34 56 75 84 116 127 104 140 135
10 21 39 49 78 94 73 105 114
9 20 38 48 77 93 72 104 113
5 10 26 29 59 77 55 85 96
4 9 25 28 58 76 54 84 95
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) - Accuracy
67+ 87+ 91+ 92+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+
66 86 90 91 95 95 95 95 95
41 54 85 84 91 91 91 91 91
40 53 84 83 90 90 90 90 90
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maze
11.0+ 14.5+ 18.0+ 15.0+ 20.5+ 22.5+
10.5 14.0 17.5 14.5 20.0 22.0
5.0 9.0 9.5 8.0 12.0 15.5
4.5 8.5 9.0 7.5 11.5 15.0
2.5 6.5 7.0 5.0 9.5 12.0
2.0 6.0 6.5 4.5 9.0 11.5
0 0 0 0 0 0
DIBELS Composite Score
332+ 393+ 450+ 354+ 424+ 480+ 361+ 423+ 474+ 365+ 427+ 467+
331 392 449 353 423 479 360 422 473 364 426 466
306 371 420 330 389 441 329 389 439 332 393 442
305 370 419 329 388 440 328 388 438 331 392 441
280 356 406 321 377 427 316 373 421 314 377 424
279 355 405 320 376 426 315 372 420 313 376 423
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
B M E B M E B M E B M E
Kindergarten First grade Second grade Third grade
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 DIBELS® 8th Edition Benchmark Goals
Updated: July 2020

Fourth grade Fifth grade Sixth grade Seventh grade Eighth grade
B M E B M E B M E B M E B M E
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) – Words Correct
131+ 159+ 159+ 139+ 149+ 157+ 151+ 157+ 160+ 152+ 161+ 164+ 142+ 156+ 159+
130 158 158 138 148 156 150 156 159 151 160 163 141 155 158
87 121 125 103 122 137 123 133 141 126 136 141 125 131 135
86 120 124 102 121 136 122 132 140 125 135 140 124 130 134
62 98 99 81 108 124 99 117 125 101 121 127 110 116 121
61 97 98 80 107 123 98 116 124 100 120 126 109 115 120
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) - Accuracy
96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+
95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91
90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maze
21.0+ 23.5+ 28.0+ 20.0+ 27.0+ 29.5+ 23.0+ 30.5+ 33.5+ 25.5+ 33.0+ 38.5+ 24.5+ 32.0+ 38.0+
20.5 23.0 27.5 19.5 26.5 29.0 22.5 30.0 33.0 25.0 32.5 38.0 24.0 31.5 37.5
14.5 16.5 17.0 13.5 17.0 21.0 14.5 19.5 26.5 20.0 24.5 29.5 20.0 26.0 28.0
14.0 16.0 16.5 13.0 16.5 20.5 14.0 19.0 26.0 19.5 24.0 29.0 19.5 25.5 27.5
11.0 13.0 14.0 10.5 14.5 18.0 12.5 15.0 20.5 15.5 18.0 24.5 16.5 19.5 24.5
10.5 12.5 13.5 10.0 14.0 17.5 12.0 14.5 20.0 15.0 17.5 24.0 16.0 19.0 24.0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DIBELS Composite Score
368+ 431+ 461+ 370+ 421+ 469+ 364+ 411+ 454+ 358+ 407+ 450+ 378+ 434+ 478+
367 430 460 369 420 468 363 410 453 357 406 449 377 433 477
331 399 442 335 394 449 336 386 435 336 385 430 361 404 452
330 398 441 334 393 448 335 385 434 335 384 429 360 403 451
310 380 421 313 380 436 313 370 419 315 374 417 345 391 437
309 379 420 312 379 435 312 369 418 314 373 416 344 390 436
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
B M E B M E B M E B M E B M E
Fourth grade Fifth grade Sixth grade Seventh grade Eighth grade

Legend
Blue goal = Core support; Negligible risk
(nearly all students in this range score at or above the 40th percentile rank on criterion measure)
Green range = Core support; Minimal risk
(about 80% of students who score at or above the 40th percentile rank on criterion measure fall in this range or above)
Yellow range = Strategic support; Some risk
(about 80% of students who score below the 40th percentile on criterion measure fall in this range or below)
Red range = Intensive support; At risk
(about 80% of students who score below the 20th percentile on criterion measure fall in this range)

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